History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, Vol. III, Part 22

Author: Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910; Ely, Warren S. (Warren Smedley), b. 1855; Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: New York ; Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1040

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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY.

Greasley. He was one of the most promi- nent men in upper Bucks county, serving in the Provincial Assembly 1761 to 1768. He was a surveyor and conveyancer, and transacted a large amount of public busi- ness for his neighbors. He was clerk of Richland Meeting from its organization in 1742 for thirty years, and an elder until his death, notwithstanding the fact that he and his brothers, John Thomas, and The- ophilus and nephew, Everard, were dis- owned in 1781 for having taken the oath of allegiance, the action of the Meeting not being sanctioned by the Yearly Meeting. He translated the "narrative" of his grand- father, Edward Foulke, from Welsh into English. John Foulke, born 12mo. 21, 1722, died 5mo. 25, 1787, married Mary Roberts, daughter of Edward Roberts, a noted minister among Friends of Richland. John was also a member of Provincial Assembly from Bucks county from 1769 to 1775. Thomas Foulke, born in Rich- land 8mo. 14, 1724. died 3mo. 31. 1786, married Jane Roberts, another daughter of Edward Roberts, of Richland. See for- ward. Theophilus Foulke, born in Rich- land, 12mo. 21, 1726, died IImo. 4, 1785, married Margaret Thomas, daughter of Samuel and Margaret. Of their twelve children Benjamin, born IImo. 19, 1766, died 2mo. 28, 1821, was a member of as- sembly from Bucks county, 1816 to his death in 1821, at Harrisburg in attendance upon the session of the legislature. He was given an official funeral, which was attended by both houses, the governor, and heads of departments, and resolutions were adopted that crape should be worn during the remainder of the session. William Foulke, born 12mo. 10. 1728, died 4mo. II, 1796, married Priscilla Lester, daughter of John of Richland. Edward Foulke, born Iomo. 19, 1729, died March 1, 1747, unmarried. Ann Foulke, born Imo. I, 1732, married William Thomas. Jane Foulke, born Imo. 3, 1734, died 8mo., 1771, married John Greasley.

Thomas Foulke. of Richland, son of Hugh and Ann (Williams) Foulke, born Imo. 14, 1724, died 3mo. 31, 1786, was a life long resident of Richland township, and a prominent man in the community. He was a member of Richland Monthly Meet- ing, and like his brothers was dealt with for taking the oath to the United Colonies in 1781. His wife, Jane Roberts, born Ilmo. 3. 1732, died 7 mo. 25, 1822, was a daughter of Edward and Mary (Bolton). Roberts, of Richland, the former a native of Merionethshire, born 3mo., 1687, came to Pennsylvania in 1699, and settled in Byberry, Philadelphia county. He married, in 1714. Mary Bolton, born in Cheltenham, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, Novem- her 4, 1687, daughter of Everard and Eliza- beth Bolton, who came from Ross, Hert- fordshire, England, in 1682, and settled in Cheltenham. Everard Bolton was a just- ice of Philadelphia county, and a very prominent man in Colonial times. The

children of Thomas and Jane (Roberts). Foulke were :- Everard, born 9mo. 8, 1755, died 9mo. 5, 1827; Abigail, born Jomo. 4, 1763: Susan, born IImo. 5, 1766; Samuel, born Imo. 19, 1767; Ed- ward and Samuel, died in infancy.

Everard Foulke, son of Thomas and Janc, was one of the justices of the peace of Richland for many years. He was one of the assessors of the United States taxes, when John Fries raised his rebellion in 1798, in upper Bucks and Northampton counties, against the collection of the tax, and was one of the assessors attacked in Lower Milford and at Quakertown by the insurrectionists and forced to desist from performing their duty. He married, in 1778, Ann DeHaven, of Holland ancestry and they were the parents of nine children, as follows :- Abigail, born 5 mo. 18, 1779, married Abel Penrose, see Penrose family in this work; Eleanor, born 7mo. 18, 1781, died 4 mo. 28, 1815, unmarried; Caleb, see forward; Samuel, born 3 mo. 28, 1786, married Elizabeth John- son; Thomas, born 4 mo. 13. 1789, died in Kentucky; Susanna, born 9 mo. 18, 1791, died 1883, married David Johnson; Anna, born 5 mo. 3, 1794, died 9 mo. 16. 1820; Margaret, born 12 mo. 24, 1796, married Peter Lester in 1820; Everard, born 7 mo. 21. 1800, married Frances Watson, daughter of John Watson, of Buckingham, and removed to Illinois.

Caleb Foulke, son of Everard and Ann (DeHaven) Foulke, was born in Richland, 8 mo. 28, 1783, died 2 mo. 22, 1852. was also a lifelong resident of Richland. He married, II mo. 26, 1807, Jane Green, born 2 mo. 8, 1785, died 3 mo. 3, 1835, daughter of Benjamin and Jane (Roberts) Green. Benjamin Green was a son of Joseph and Cath- arine (Thomas) Green, of Springfield, Bucks county, and was born in Spring- field, 4 mo. 27, 1750, died in Quaker- town. He was a hatter in Springfield and later in Quakertown. The children of Caleb and Jane (Green) Foulke were :- Caroline, died in infancy; Caro- line. born 2 mo. 25, 1810, died 12 mo. 17, 1838; Maryetta, born 7 mo. 30, 1811, died 4 mo. 26, 1851, married Aaron Pen- rose; Benjamin G. (see forward); and Eleanor, born 3 mo. 12, 1816. died 8 10. 13. 1842, married Samuel J. Levick.

Benjamin G. Foulke, son of Caleb and Jane (Green) Foulke, was born at Qua- kertown, and died there 8 mo. 14, 1888. He was clerk of the men's branch of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting from 1873 to 1886. He was a prominent busi- ness man of Quakertown for a half cen- tmy and was highly respected by all who knew him. He was a surveyor and conveyancer and did a large amount of public business. He married, in 1838,. Jane Mather, born 3 mo. 24, 1817. daugh- ter of Charles and Jane Mather, of Whitpain, Montgomery county, Penn- sylvania. Their children were, Caleb.

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born 12 mo. 3, 1839, died 10 mo. 20, 1865; Charles M., born 7 mo. 25, 1841, educated at Foulke's school at Gwyn- edd, and Friends' Central School, Phila- delphia; entered mercantile business in Philadelphia, 1861, retired 1872, married at Paris, France, December 10, 1872, Sarah A. Cushing, of New York city; Job Roberts, born 2 mo. 23, 1843; Anna S., born 1846; and Eleanor, 1850.

Job Roberts Foulke, son of Benjamin G. and Jane (Mather) Foulke, born at Quakertown, 2 mo. 23, 1843, has been trust officer of the Provident Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia for many years. He married, 5 mo. 25, 1869. Emma Bullock, daughter of Samuel and Jemima R. Bullock, of Mt. Holly, New Jersey, and has two children; Roland Roberts, and Rebecca Mulford. Roland Roberts, a member of the Philadelphia bar, married, June 6, 1900, Ellen R. Griffith, daughter of Manuel E. and Mary E. Griffith, of Philadelphia.

Eleanor Foulke, daughter of Benja- min G. and Jane (Mather) Foulke, is, the only one of the family to retain her residence in Bucks county. She resides at the old family mansion at Quaker- town, and is unmarried.

WILLIAM HENRY FOULKE, one of the enterprising, practical farmers of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, was there born in Richland Centre, July 4, 1841, on the farm he now occupies and cultivates, it being one of the original Foulks homesteads. William is the son of Hugh and Sarah (Roberts) Foulke, and grandson of Hugh Foulke, who was a farmer by occupation and the founder and a trustee of the subscription schools of his district. He is a descendant of Hugh Foulke, the first of the name born in America. An old Bible now in the possession of Mrs. Susan Hannah Biehn, sister of William Henry Foulke, gives the record of his birth, July, 1685, and death, May 21, 1760. He married Ann -, who was born November 3, 1693, and died September 10, 1773. They were the parents of the following named children: I. Mary, born September 24, 1714; 2. Martha, June 2, 1716; 3. Sam- uel, December 4, 1718: 4. Ellen, Janu- ary 19, 1720: 5. John, December 21, 1722; 6. Thomas, January 14, 1724; 7. William, December 10, 1728; 8. Edward, October 19, 1729; 9. Ann, January I, 1732; 10. Jane, January 3, 1734.

Hugh Foulke, father of William Hen- ry Foulke, was born in Richland town- ship, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. His education was obtained in the subscrip- tion schools of his district, and the fol- lowed the quiet but useful calling of a farmer. He married Miss Sarah Rob- erts, daughter of John and Sarah Rob-

erts, and the following children were the issue of this union: I. Catherine, born September 6, 1835, married Isaac Tomlinson, of New Britain township; 2. Julia Ann, born December 4, 1839. married Henry Dotts of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania; 3. William Henry, mentioned at length herein after; 4. Sa- rah Martha, born August 19, 1843, mar- ried (first) David Hillegas, of Quaker- town, and (second) Henry Sonders, far- mer, of lower Richland township; 5. Charles Edward, born in 1845, married, 1870, Anna, the daughter of Warner and Alice (Singley) Haycock, farmers,

Whitemarsh township, Montgomery

county, Pennsylvania; 6. Elizabeth, born March 6, 1847, married Charles Miller, and resides at Hockerstown, Montgomery county; 7. Hester Ellen, born November 16, 1850, married Nicho- las Martin, of Stowe. Montgomery county; 8. Susan Hannah, born Octo- ber 25, 1852, married Andrew Biehn, lives at Paletown, Richland township; 9. Anna, born April 15, 1860, married Fran- cis Fellman.

William Henry Foulke, third child and eldest son of Hugh and Sarah (Rob- erts) Foulke, obtained his educational training in the Rocky Ridge public school at Paletown, remaining there until his nineteenth year. After leaving the school William assisted with the farm work, and later he and his brother, Charles Edward, purchased the place. They were engaged in the cultivation of the farm until 1891, when the partner- ship was dissolved. William sold his interest in the property to Charles and purchased the Hugh Foulke farm, the old family homestead, comprising sev- enty-two acres of improved land and forest. Mr. Foulke is an industrious, useful member of the community, and an excellent farmer. In matters of poli- tics he affiliates with the Republican party, and, although he takes a deep and lasting interest in the welfare of . that organization has never aspired to public office. He is actively interested in edu- cational affairs, and served twelve years as school director.

January 25, 1883, William Henry Foulke was united in marriage to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Pilgrim, V. S., of New York city, and widow of George S. Plant, Esq., of Nor- folk, England. Mrs. Foulke was born at Hudson, on the Hudson river, near Albany, New York, May 31. 1847. Dur- ing her first husband's life she lived for a time in England, and later near Quak- ertown. Mrs. Foulke is a woman of bright and active disposition and assists in the management of the home farm. Mr. and Mrs. Foulke are the parents of one child. Mary Elizabeth, born June 5, 1888; she was educated in the public schools of Paletown, and now resides at home with her parents.

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CHARLES EDWARD FOULKE, an old resident and worthy representative of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, was there born in Richland Center in 1845, the son of Hugh and Sarah (Roberts) Foulke. Mention of the ancestral his- tory of Mr. Foulke is made in the pre- ceding sketch of his brother, William Henry Foulke. Charles obtained his edu- cation in the Rockridge public school, continuing there until he was eighteen years of age. He then engaged in as- sisting with the home farm work, and later spent six months in Quakertown with Mr. Richard Moore. He subse- quently purchased the home farm in partnership with his brother William, and in the spring of 1891 purchased his brother's interest, and has since contin- ued alone in the conduct of the farm. Mr. Foulke is one of the progressive farmers of the county, his farm compris- ing one hundred and seven acres of mostly improved land. In politics Mr. Foulke is a strong advocate of the prin- ciples of the Republican party, has al- ways taken a lively interest in local af- fairs, and has served as committeeman of his township. He and his wife are members of the Society of Friends of Quakertown Meeting.

In 1870 he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Hoycock, daughter of War- ner and Alice (Singley) Hoycock, farm- ers of White Marsh township. Mont- gomery county, Pennsylvania. The fol- lowing named children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Foulke: I. Linford, born December 21, 1872, married. June 6, 1900, Miss Mary C. Gerhart, daughter of Edward and Caroline (Lewis) Gerhart; Linford Foulke, lives at Quakertown. is carrier of U. S. mails, rural free deliv- ery, and a dealer in agricultural imple- ments, wagons and farmers' supplies; 2. Joseph, born August 27, 1874, married Miss Katharine. daughter of William and Elizabeth Neanan, of Richland; he lives in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, and is a carpenter for J. W. Stoneback; 3. Herbert Theophalus, born September 17, 1875, lives at home and assists his father on the farm; unmarried; 4. Oschar Clif- ford, born January 20. 1878, married January 1, 1904, Martha. daughter of Peter and Sarah (Weaver) Smith; lives at Quakertown, Pennsylvania: stove moulder for Roberts, Winner & Com- pany. 5. Chester A. Foulke, born Au- gust 25. 1881, lives at home, unmarried, and is a weaver in the Quakertown silk mill.

THE VAN HORN FAMILY. The family of Van Horn has been a promi- nent one in Bucks county for two cen- turies, filling important positions in the official, professional and business life of the county in every generation and constantly sending out its representa-

tives to fill like important positions in other localities and states, its represen- tatives now being found in nearly every state in the Union.

The pioneer ancestor of the family was Christian Barendtse, that is Chris- tian, son of Barendt, who it is said came from Hooren, a city of the Zuyder Zee, about twenty-five miles from Amster- dain The exact date of his arrival in America is not known. He was a car- penter by trade, and the records of New Amsterdam show that he and a fellow craftsman, Auke Jansen, were appoint- ed, March 10, 1653, by the burgomasters and schepens of New Amsterdam to view a house, about the building of which there was some litigation. These records further show that he was fre- quently appointed a referee during the next four or five years. And he is shown to have contributed towards

the strengthening of the city wall on Octo- ber 15, 1655. He is also said to have been with the force sent out from New Amsterdam, September 5, 1655, against the Swedes and Finns on the south (now Delaware) river, at Fort Chris- tina. On his return to New Amsterdam he was appointed January 18, 1656, a fire warden, in place of Johan Paul Jacquet, who had resigned and "re- moved to the South River in New Netherlands." On April 17, 1657, he was admitted a "Small Burgher" of New Amsterdam, an honor which carried with it the freedom of trade and a right to membership in the respective guilds of the town, and conferred upon na- tives of the city, residents there one year and six weeks before the date of the charter, burgher's sons-in-law. city storekeepers, salaried servants of the company and all paying the sum of twenty-five guilders. On August I, 1657, Christian Barentze, carpenter, was granted by Peter Stuyvesant, director general of New Netherland, a lot in New Amsterdam, by the Land Gate, (now at Broadway and Wall streets) for a house and garden. He also owned several other properties in the neighbor- hood, some of which are said to have covered a part of the present Trinity churchyard. Probably as a result of his trip to the South river, Christian Barentse and Joost Rugger and possibly others obtained a grant of land on the south side of None Such creek. a tribu- tary of the Chrisiana, near the present site of Wilmington. Delaware, and be- gan the erection thereon of a tide water mill. According to Amos C. Brinton, who has given much attention to the an- cient mill sites of Delaware Barentse and Rugger, he began thie erection of this mill in 1656. From the dates previ- ously given, however, as well as from other records, it would appear that the date of Christain Barentse, removal to the Delaware was sometime in the year

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1657. Contemporary records also refer to the mill as a "horse mill," the truth of the matter being most probably that the horse mill was set up to serve until the tide water mill was completed. The low marshy nature of the land and the turning up of the mud to the sun caused an epidemic from which Barentse died July 26, 1658. A letter written by Vice- Director Jacob Alricks, from New Ani- stel, (New Castle) to Stuyvesant, under date of September 5, 1658, and published in documents relating to the Colonial History of New York, vol. xii, p. 224, relates entirely to the affairs of the wid- ow and children of Christian Barentse. It states that the widow had requested within three days of his burial that she desired to return to New Amsterdam, and that the property which he left be sold and that though he consents there- to he "advised and proposed to her that it would be for her best to remain in

possession, she should be assisted in completing the mill, with income where- of, which through the grists she would be able to diminish the expenses and live decently and abundantly with her children on the surplus, besides that she had yet three or four cows with sheep and hogs, which also could help her to maintain her family, she and her children should have remained on and in her and the father's estate, which was in good condition here, wherein the widow with the children could have con- tinued reputably and in position to much advantage; but she would not listen to advice, *

* that she was to be restricted in her inclinations and well being, which I shall never think of, much less do." The wife of Christian Barentse was Jannetje Jans, and it is probable that they were married before coming to America, as the baptism of their eldest child is not recorded in the New York church. On December 12, 1658, Jannetje Jans, widow and ex- ecutrix of Christian Barents, presented an inventory of his goods and chattels to the court at New Amsterdam, and requested that Vice-Director Alricks, "Director of the City's Colony on the South River, where her husband died, be written to in order that the chattels which are there may be sent from the South river to this place." The widow married on September 12, 1658, Laurens Andriessen Van Boskerk, who was born in Holstein, Denmark. He was a mem- ber of Bergen court in 1667, its presi- dent in 1682, a member of the governor's council for many years. He died in 1693 and Jannetje on July 13. 1694. They were the parents of four children, Andries, Lourens, Peter, and Thomas, the two latter, according to the Dutch custom, being known as Lourensons, appear later to have become known by the name of Lawrence. Peter joined his half-brother, Barant Christian Van

Horn, in his purchase of land in Bucks county in 1703. His youngest son John married Alce Van Horn, granddaugh- ter of Christian Barents, and his daugh- ter Jannetje, married Cornelius Corson, of Staten Island, and became the ances- tress of the Bucks county Corsons. The children of Christian Barents and Jannetje Jans were as follows: Barendt Christian Van Horn, born in Holland, married Geertje Dircks; died in Bergen county, New Jersey, in 1726. 3. Cor- nelius Van Horn, baptized August 3. 1653, married Margaret Van de Berg, died in Bergen county in 1729. 4. Jan Van Horn, baptized March 18, 1657, married Lena Boone, died in Bergen county.

2. Barent Christian Van Horn, eld- est son of Christian Barents and Jannet- je Jans, as before stated was probably born in Holland, a theory which is borne out by the early date at which he ac- quired title to land. On March 26, 1667, Governor Philip Carteret granted to Barent Christian, of Menkaque, planter, fifty acres of land at Pembrepach and eighty-five acres on the bay called Kill Van Kull, both in Bergen county. On September 29, 1697, he obtained a grant from the proprietors of East Jersey, 160 acres on "Hackingsack River," joining that of his half brother Thomas Law- renson (Van Boskerk). On May 15, 1703, Barnard Christian and his haif- brother, Peter Lawrence, purchased I,- 000 acres of Robert Heaton, on Ne- shaminy creek, in Bucks county, which on September 18, 1707, they partitioned between them. Two days later, Sep- tember 20, 1707, Barnard Christian con- veyed his portion to his two sons, Peter and Christian Barnson, Peter receiving 257 acres and Christian 294 acres. On September 29, 1707, Barnard Christian purchased 550 acres in Bucks county, of Thomas Groom, 274 acres of which he conveyed to his son Barnard Barnson, June 17, 1714. He also acquired other land in Bucks county, and on June 2, 1722, conveyed to his son, Isaac Van Horn, 276 acres, and on May 6, 1722, 290 acres to his son, Abraham Van Horn. He thus owned in all 1381 acres of land in Bucks county, though he continued to live in Bergen county, New Jersey, and died there in 1726. He married, in 1679. at the Bergen Dutch Reformed church, Geertje Dircks. daughter of Dirck Clas- sen, who was baptized in New York, March 5. 1662. The children of Bar- ent Christian Van Horn and Geertje Dirckse were:

5. 1 Richard Barentsen Van Horn, born at Bergen, New Jersey, died at Hackensack, New Jersey, in 1763; mar- ried, April II, 1704, Elizabeth Garretsen.

6. Christian Van Horn, born Octo- ber 24. 1681, died in Northampton township, Bucks county, November 23, 1751; see forward.

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7. Nicholas Van Horn, born in Ber- gen county, New Jersey, died in Dela- ware; he was for a time a resident of Bucks county, and the baptism of two of his children Barnet on July 24, 1715, and Rachel on April 29, 1720, are re- corded at Abington Presbyterian church.

8. Peter Barentsen Van Horn, born at Bergen, 1686, died in Middletown township, Bucks county, February 20, 1750. He married (first) Tryntje (Cath- arine) Van Dyck. and (second) Eliza -. beth Gabriels, on May 9, 1706. She was baptized at Albany, New York, May 12, 1689. and died November 3. 1759. She was a daughter of Gabriel Tomase Struddles. Peter settled on land con- veyed to him by his father in Northamp- ton in 1707 and 1715, and later pur- chased 425 acres in Middletown. Ac- cording to the Rev. Samuel Streng, Pe- ter Van Horn joined the Episcopal church, and was a vestryman of St. James Protestant Episcopal church at Bristol. 1734-7. His children, all with the possible exception of Barnard, his eldest son. being by the second wife Elizabeth, were as follows: Catharine, baptized June 4, 1710. died 1755. married Thomas Craven, of Warminster, Bucks county; Barnard, who married Patience Hellings; Charity, who married, June 6, 1732, Isaiah Vansant (see Vansant family) Jane baptized October 16, 1715, married, August 10, 1732, Edmund Rob- erts: Gabriel, baptized March 3, 1716, died 1789, married Martha Brelsford; Elizabeth, who married April 21, 1737, Peter Praul ; Peter, baptized August 25. 1719, married in 1746, Margaret Marsh- all; Mary, who married William Gos- line. of Bristol, Bucks county; Benjamin, who married, June 5, 1749, Hannah Da- vis; Richard. born 1726, died unmar- ried, February I. 1756: John, twice mar- ried. second wife being Mary Collett, a widow; and Garret, who married Mary Neal, and died in 1801.

9. Barent Barentsen Van Horn, born in Bergen, New Jersey. April 3, 1691, died in Bucks county, in 1776. He mar- ried (first) February 23, 1712, Jannetje Pieters, and (second) January 25. 1726. at Bergen. Elizabeth Klinkenberg. He received by Deed in 1714 276 acres in Northampton township. Bucks county, from his father. He had fourteen chil- dren, most of whom married and reared families.

IO. John Van Horn, born in Bergen, New Jersey, 1692, died in Lower Dublin, Philadelphia county. 1758, and is buried in the Vandegrift burying ground. He married Rebecca Vandegrift. daughter of Johannes and Nealke (Volkers) Van- degrift. of Bucks county, and had one son John and six daughters.

11. Abraham Van Horn, born in Ber- gen. New Jersey, died in Northampton. Bucks county, in 1773. on farm of 200 acres received by deed from his father

in 1722. He married first Mary Dungan, and second Mary Vansciver, and had six sons, Barnard, Isaac, Abraham, David, Jacob, and Jeremiah, and three daughters, Mary, wife of Derrick Krew- son, Charity, and Martha, who married a Van Sciver.

12. Jane Van Horn, born at Bergen, New Jersey, April 18, 1697, married Ad- rien La Rue, and resided at Six-Mile Run, New Jersey.

13. Isaac Van Horn, born at Ber- gen, New Jersey, died in Solebury town- ship, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in 1760. He married Alice Sleght (or Slack) and had eight children: Bernard, who married first Sarah Van Pelt and second Jane Slack; John, who married Catharine Neafie: Catharine, who mar- ried a Van Pelt; Charity, Geertje, Elsie, Isaac. baptized 1749,* married Alice Neafies: and Jane.

14. Jacob Van Horn, born at Ber- gen, New Jersey, died there . April 14, I775.

15. Benjamin Van Horn, born at Ber- gen, January 10, 1705.

(6) Christian Van . Horn, second son of Barendt and Geertje (Dirckse) Van Horn, born at Bergen, New Jersey, October 24, 1681. He married William- tje Van Dyck, daughter of Hendrick Janse and Jennetje (Heermans) Van Dyck. and granddaughter of Jan Tom- asse Van Dyck, who emigrated from Amsterdam in 1652 and settled in New Utrecht, Long Island. His sixth child, Hendrick Janze, baptized July 2, 1653, married. February 7, 1680, Jannetje Hermans, daughter of Herman Janse Van Barkeloo. and settled on Staten Isl- and, where he was a constable in 1689 and assessor in 1703. In 1704 he pur- chased land in Bucks county and re- moved there. At the organization of Bensalem church, in 1710. he produced a certificate from the Staten Island church. He purchased four tracts of land in Middletown, two of which he retained until his death in 1721, and de- vised to his daughter Williamtje, wife of Christian Van Horn, and his grand- da ighter. Susanna Van Vleck, who later married her cousin, Henry Van Horn. Ilc had but two children, Williamptje. and Jannetje. who became the wife of the Reverend Paulus Van Vleck, the first pastor at Neshaminy.

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History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, Vol. III, Part 22

Author: Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910; Ely, Warren S. (Warren Smedley), b. 1855; Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921 Publication date: 1905 Publisher: New York ; Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1040

Author: Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910; Ely, Warren S. (Warren Smedley), b. 1855; Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: New York ; Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1040